SLEEPY HOLLOW 1972 KILLER BEATLES PSYCH POP SOUNDALIKE French NEAR MINT LP HEAR

$

80

SLEEPY HOLLOW "SLEEPY HOLLOW" LP

ORIGINAL 1972 LP ON THE French PHILIPS LABEL, STEREO 6369 251

COVER IN EXCELLENT SHAPE, no ringwear!  Price sticker on front

Has LYRIC INNER SLEEVE!

VINYL IS SUPER SHINY, NO MARKS, PLAYS EXCELLENT TO NEAR MINT!

Contrary to everything you’ve ever read, the Beatles did NOT break up in 1970.  They just laid low in Bolivia for a few years, then got back together in 1972 under the pseudonym Sleepy Hollow.  Laugh if you must, but it all makes sense when you hear this album.  Sleepy Hollow’s 1972 long-player pretty much picks right up from where Abbey Road left off.  Lessee, there’s a John song – “Sincerely Yours” sounds almost exactly like “I’m Losing You” with bluesy minor key piano melody, double-tracked vocals and big titanic “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)” power chords.  There’s a Paul song – the bouncy “Love Minus You” could’ve been something swept up off the floor during the White Album rehearsals.  And there’s even a George song – “Take Me Back” sounds uncannily like “All Things Must Pass,” with its slow, sad melody, lo-fi echoey production, and George’s classic weeping guitar sobbing softly in the background.  One track – “Lay It On The Line” – sounds just like a Joey Molland song from the later Badfinger days, and don’t think those guys weren’t studying their Beatles albums each and every day.  The only Beatle who’s not represented on Sleepy Hollow is Ringo.  And if that’s not proof enough for you, then go play “Octopus’s Garden” again and tell me how you would handle the reunion.

Sleepy Hollow could easily be the Beatles long-lost comeback album after their two-year hiatus, and if true, it also would’ve taken some of the pressure off those yahoos in Klaatu four years later.  Only the album’s final song, a feel-good ditty called “Hades,” deviates slightly from the Fab Four and post-Fab Four style.  With its giant operatic progrock vibe and monster string section, it’s what “A Day in the Life” might’ve sounded like if it had been recorded in 1973 with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra.  Or if George had befriended Jeff Lynne way back during the Sergeant Pepper sessions.  Man, did we dodge a bullet there.

I know, I know, there’s no proof this is really the Beatles in disguise.  Ahh, but that’s where you’re wrong.  Remember that whole “Paul is dead” theory?  The Beatles were pretty sneaky about planting clues in their albums, and Sleepy Hollow is no exception.  Just the name of the album is a major clue – the monster in Washington Irving’s “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a headless horseman.  Remember how Paul died?  “He blew his mind out in a car.”  Spooky, huh?  But wait, there’s more.  The name “Ichabod Crane” is an anagram for “Ace Choir Band,” which fans of the Beatles would agree is a pretty fitting name for the Fab Four.  It’s also an anagram for “Bad Acne Choir,” which Beatle haters would agree is a fitting name for the band.  You can also rearrange the letters and get “Bad Crab Nacho,” which is how one family in Peoria, Illinois thinks Paul really died.  And try mumbling “Ichabod Crane” – it sound eerily like “I buried Jane,” as in Paul’s ex Jane Asher.   I’m getting creeped out just thinking about this stuff.  And I haven’t even begun playing it backwards...

HEAR IT!

PLEASE NOTE I NO LONGER SHIP TO ITALY DUE TO A CORRUPT POSTAL SYSTEM (THERE, NOT HERE).  BUYERS FROM ITALY AGREE TO PAY FOR GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL INSURED ONLY!

The less exciting stuff

Media mail shipping with delivery confirmation starts at $4.00 in the US, with each additional record only $1 additional shipping.  I accept payments through Paypal. 

I try to grade as best as I can, and I list as many blemishes/imperfections I can find (writing, ringwear, scuff marks, etc.) – Also, please note that I DO listen to these albums – I may not listen to every track, but my grades are based on LISTENING, not just looking at it, since chances are you’ll be listening to the record you buy, not just looking at it.  Most of the albums I sell are the ones I’ve enjoyed for years – and I treat my records with kid gloves.  But sounds speak louder than words, so check out the sound clips below – they’re from the actual record you’re bidding on. 

SHIPPING AND PACKAGING

Listen, I buy a bunch of records too (when I’m not getting outbid at the last second, which is more often than not) – and I know what it’s like to get a rare, one-of-a-kind album packaged dangerously in a flimsy bubblewrap package.  I hate that too.  So rest assured, I ALWAYS package albums with stiff cardboard reinforcements, same for 45s.  And yes, the records are removed from the sleeves (for albums).  I ship out once a week, every Friday, because I have a regular day job.  But I’d be willing to give that up if you’d all be so kind as to bid my items up to stupidly high amounts. 

 For more security and international tracking, you may request GLOBAL PRIORITY MAIL - but bear in mind the cost of this service is upwards of $30.  For expensive items, however, it may be well worth it.  Unfortunately, there isn’t a cost-effective way of tracking parcels to foreign countries yet, and shipping times vary depending on your country’s postal system.   Italy in particular seems to be really bad at delivering packages quickly, or delivering packages at all, now that you mention it.  I will always email you when your package ships, but once it’s on its way, please don’t ask me when it will arrive because I don’t know.  If the world’s postal systems can ever agree on a universal tracking system that’s affordable, I’ll be the first to use it.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN…

I will always leave positive feedback for successful transactions, and would appreciate the same in return.  All I ask of you is the following – please pay for your items within 14 days of the close of auction.  Compared to other sellers, that’s a generous amount of time, so if you don’t pay within 2 weeks, then I have to assume something’s wrong.  You’ll get an Ebay payment reminder at that point, and possibly a decapitated horse head in your bed.  If, after 30 days, you still haven’t forked up the cash, I’ll relist the item and yell at you if I ever see you in town.